Redskins line up visits with elite draft prospects

Posted by Evan Silva on March 31, 2011, 3:36 PM EST

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We’ve been doing our best to stay on top of all reported pre-draft visits and workouts on the 2011 prospects tracker (well over 500 meetings tracked), and Chris Russell of ESPN 980 has been of an utmost help when it comes to the Redskins.

Russell has confirmed the following:

Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams will arrive at Redskins Park on April 14 for an official visit. His meeting will last through Friday the 15th.

Williams is a possibility for Washington in the second round.

Auburn quarterback Cam Newton will follow Williams on the Redskins’ schedule. Newton has an official visit on April 15.

another drama queen from the school of costumes and dog fighting… ohh and endless injuries year after year… Go ahead Dan Snyder draft for your team… Maybe your pockets will some day buy you out of your own stupidity….

cardiovascularendurance says:Mar 31, 2011 3:50 PM

The fun thing about the Skins is that they’ll always be in position to line up visits with the elite draft prospects.

jordan52187 says:Mar 31, 2011 4:07 PM

at least once a year great players will be coming to visit the redskins and not playing for the other team. too bad they arent playing for the redskins either haha

another drama queen from the school of costumes and dog fighting… ohh and endless injuries year after year… Go ahead Dan Snyder draft for your team… Maybe your pockets will some day buy you out of your own stupidity….

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I think most reams would love to get a Portis Jr (at least a youg Prtis) , and Williams had ONE injury. He is worth a second round pick guaranteed.

akos420 says:Mar 31, 2011 4:33 PM

i thought the same thing. handle the handles is a moron. im a skins fan, and id LOVE a young clinton portis. drama? sure, there was some, but nothing that prevented him from representing DC quite well.

He literally put the skins on his back and ran them into the playoffs a few years back. CP was great.

If I was a skins fan I wouldnt even know where to start thinking about whose jersey I would purchase. I can honestly say that the skins are the only team that there isnt one player whos jersey I would wear. Orakpo maybe?

As a Skins fan, I implore them to trade down for some extra picks and get as many young players on this team as they can.

Besides London Fletcher, the old players play their age.

dirtdawg55 says:Mar 31, 2011 6:24 PM

After visiting with all of the elite players, the Redskins announced they were prepared to sign one or more of them … at well above market price five to seven years after some other team drafted them.

As to why the Redskins wouldn’t consider drafting any of these players in the first place, Snyder responded with “These guys haven’t yet done a darn thing in the NFL. Not a sack, catch, TD or tackle between the sorry lot of them. I want to see production before you get my interest.”

stylinandprofilin says:Mar 31, 2011 7:58 PM

washington needs to trade down in the first round and select jake locker with the pick.in round 2 we need to draft an offense or defensive lineman. in free agency we need to sign mike sims walker or sidney rice. trading down I round 1 will allow us to pick up a third round pick and with that pic we can select a running back or wide receiver

If trading down doesn’t work out….Best available at 10….Andy Dalton in the 2nd.

handlethehandles says:Apr 1, 2011 12:40 AM

Hey morons saying a young portis would be good…. What do you mean by young? Like when he was in denver? hahaha Portis is a weight on the Redskins Depth chart…

I look at portis like I look at Larry johnson.. Just a problem on the team….

Sorry not a redskins fan and never will be…

magicman407 says:Apr 1, 2011 7:18 AM

Mike Tomlin,

I dunno that’s a good question.. As a Skins fan it gets a bit tiring to hear the same lame remarks over and over again, but sometimes we ask for it in the past with all our over the top FO moves that certainly didn’t pan out.

Orakpo is hardly the only player worth buying a jersey of as I can think of quite a few players on this team- Laron Landry, London Fletcher, O.J Atogwe, Deangelo Hall, Chris Cooley, Trent Williams, Fred Davis.

Hopefully they make some moves so they can get some additional picks they no doubt need starters at OLB, NT, WR, QB and possibly RB to be somewhat competitive next season. Either way its a process win or lose a Skins fan stays loyal to their team, cant wait to win the off-season again though and I pray it will carry into the regular season for once. HAIL!